Thursday, July 5, 2012

Q. Jumping Genres: Ever pick up a book from a genre you usually don't like and LOVE it? Tell us about it and why you picked it up in the first place.

A. I have to say Contemporary- It's not that I don't like it, its just I sometimes just want to escape and I don't feel I do with Contemporary, it feels to real for me. But one book made me change my mind and Decadent Dreams by Ty Langston, wow that book was amazing.

I understand what you mean by wanting to escape and contemporary is a bit... less imaginative than other genres such as historical romance or PNR. I love reading anything and everything. Just throw in some romance, preferably some nookie if it's not YA, and I'm good to go, LOL.

I do for some reason, for example Historical or Paranormal its just such a fantastic world the author's build, I feel like i live there but its not real which makes it better for an escape at least to me.

Great answer! Thanks for stopping by earlier. I'll answer your question here: for a Chick Lit I would recommend What Alice Forgot. It's a bit more serious than the "real" Chick Lit, but I enjoyed it a lot. I think it's a great read to get to know the genre!

I agree about contemporary. It doesn't really take you away to another place. It gives you stuff that could happen in real life and I don't find that exciting. Thanks for visting My FFFollowing you back. =]Michael @ The Bookshelf Review

I actually totally agree with your view on Contemporary books! I do enjoy them but no matter how many I have on my shelf waiting to be read, I'll always go out of my way to read a Fantasy novel instead. I'll have to check out the one you recommended though (:

I haven't heard of that one, although I totally understand tending to shy away from Contemporary in lieu of more escapist fiction. That's what I normally do too, although right now I'm actually on a tiny bit of a Contemporary kick. It's weird.

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